Iran Peace Deal Kill Bill

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113TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional
sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.
CARDIN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN,
Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. CORKER, Mr. PRYOR,
Ms. COLLINS, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. ROB-
ERTS, Mr. WARNER, Mr. JOHANNS, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DON-
NELLY, and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; which was read
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A BILL
To expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to
impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and
for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
5 ‘‘Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’.
6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
7 this Act is as follows:
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Sense of Congress on nuclear weapon capabilities of Iran.
TITLE I—EXPANSION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS
Sec. 101. Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum transactions.
Sec. 102. Ineligibility for exception to certain sanctions for countries that do
not reduce purchases of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian ori-
gin to a de minimis level.
Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to ports, special economic zones,
and strategic sectors of Iran.
Sec. 104. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain
Iranian individuals.
Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign cur-
rencies with or for certain sanctioned persons.
Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on prospective sanctions.
TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS
Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on the provision of specialized financial messaging
services to the Central Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Ira-
nian financial institutions.
Sec. 202. Inclusion of transfers of goods, services, and technologies to strategic
sectors of Iran for purposes of identifying Destinations of Di-
version Concern.
Sec. 203. Authorization of additional measures with respect to Destinations of
Diversion Concern.
Sec. 204. Sense of Congress on increased staffing for agencies involved in the
implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran.
TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS
Sec. 301. Suspension of sanctions to facilitate a diplomatic solution.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Exception for Afghanistan reconstruction.
Sec. 402. Exception for import restrictions.
Sec. 403. Applicability to certain intelligence activities.
Sec. 404. Applicability to certain natural gas projects.
Sec. 405. Rule of construction with respect to the use of force against Iran.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 501. Categories of aliens for purposes of refugee determinations.
1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NUCLEAR WEAPON CAPA-
2 BILITIES OF IRAN.
3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
4 ings:
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1 (1) The Government of Iran continues to ex-
2 pand the nuclear and missile programs of Iran in
3 violation of multiple United Nations Security Coun-
4 cil resolutions.
5 (2) The Government of Iran has a decades-long
6 track record of violating commitments regarding the
7 nuclear program of Iran and has used diplomatic ne-
8 gotiations as a subterfuge to advance its nuclear
9 weapons program.
10 (3) Iran remains the world’s foremost state
11 sponsor of terrorism, having directed, supported,
12 and financed acts of terrorism against the United
13 States and its allies that have resulted in the thou-
14 sands of deaths, including the deaths of United
15 States citizens and members of the Armed Forces of
16 the United States.
17 (4) The Government of Iran and its terrorist
18 proxies, particularly Lebanese Hezbollah, continue to
19 provide military and financial support to the regime
20 of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, aiding that regime in
21 the mass killing of the people of Syria.
22 (5) The Government of Iran continues to sow
23 instability in the Middle East and threaten its neigh-
24 bors, including allies of the United States, such as
25 Israel.
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1 (6) The Government of Iran denies its people
2 fundamental freedoms, including freedom of the
3 press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and
4 freedom of conscience.
5 (7) Strict sanctions on Iran, imposed by the
6 United States and the international community, are
7 responsible for bringing Iran to the negotiating
8 table.
9 (8) President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has in
10 the past admitted to using diplomatic negotiations to
11 buy time for Iran to make nuclear advances.
12 (9) Based on Iran’s current stockpile of ura-
13 nium enriched to 3.5 percent and 20 percent and its
14 current centrifuge capacity, Iran could produce a
15 sufficient quantity of weapons-grade uranium for a
16 bomb in one to 2 months’ time.
17 (10) If the Government of Iran commences the
18 operation of its heavy water reactor in Arak, it could
19 establish an alternate pathway to a nuclear weapon
20 through the production of plutonium.
21 (11) As of the date of the enactment of this
22 Act, 19 countries access nuclear energy for peaceful
23 purposes without conducting any enrichment or re-
24 processing activities within those countries.
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1 (12) The Government of Iran could likewise ac-
2 cess nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without
3 conducting any enrichment or reprocessing activities
4 within Iran.
5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
6 gress that—
7 (1) the Government of Iran must not be allowed
8 to develop or maintain nuclear weapon capabilities;
9 (2) all instruments of power and influence of
10 the United States should remain on the table to pre-
11 vent the Government of Iran from developing nu-
12 clear weapon capabilities;
13 (3) the Government of Iran does not have an
14 absolute or inherent right to enrichment and reproc-
15 essing capabilities and technologies under the Treaty
16 on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done
17 at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968,
18 and entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly
19 known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’’);
20 (4) the imposition of sanctions under this Act,
21 including sanctions on exports of petroleum from
22 Iran, is triggered by violations by Iran of any in-
23 terim or final agreement regarding its nuclear pro-
24 gram, failure to reach a final agreement in a dis-
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1 cernible time frame, or the breach of other condi-
2 tions described in section 301;
3 (5) if the Government of Israel is compelled to
4 take military action in legitimate self-defense against
5 Iran’s nuclear weapon program, the United States
6 Government should stand with Israel and provide, in
7 accordance with the law of the United States and
8 the constitutional responsibility of Congress to au-
9 thorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military,
10 and economic support to the Government of Israel in
11 its defense of its territory, people, and existence;
12 (6) the United States should continue to impose
13 sanctions on the Government of Iran and its ter-
14 rorist proxies for their continuing sponsorship of ter-
15 rorism; and
16 (7) the United States should continue to impose
17 sanctions on the Government of Iran for—
18 (A) its ongoing abuses of human rights;
19 and
20 (B) its actions in support of Bashar al-
21 Assad in Syria.
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1 TITLE I—EXPANSION AND
2 IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS
3 SEC. 101. APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
4 PETROLEUM TRANSACTIONS.
5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the
6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
7 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) is amended—
8 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘reduced re-
9 duced its volume of crude oil purchases from Iran’’
10 and inserting ‘‘reduced the volume of its purchases
11 of petroleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and
12 (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-
13 chases from Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of pe-
14 troleum from Iran or of Iranian origin’’.
15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1245(h) of the National
16 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22
17 U.S.C. 8513a(h)) is amended—
18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
19 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
21 lowing:
22 ‘‘(3) IRANIAN ORIGIN.—The term ‘Iranian ori-
23 gin’, with respect to petroleum, means extracted,
24 produced, or refined in Iran.
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1 ‘‘(4) PETROLEUM.—The term ‘petroleum’ in-
2 cludes crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils, and
3 other unfinished oils.’’.
4 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 102(b) of
5 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act
6 of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8712(b)) is amended—
7 (1) in paragraph (3)—
8 (A) by striking ‘‘crude oil purchases from
9 Iran’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum
10 from Iran or of Iranian origin’’; and
11 (B) by striking ‘‘as amended by section
12 504,’’; and
13 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘crude oil pur-
14 chases’’ and inserting ‘‘purchases of petroleum from
15 Iran or of Iranian origin’’.
16 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
17 this section shall apply with respect to determinations
18 under section 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense
19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.
20 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i)) on or after the date that is 90 days
21 after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 102. INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN
2 SANCTIONS FOR COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT
3 REDUCE PURCHASES OF PETROLEUM FROM
4 IRAN OR OF IRANIAN ORIGIN TO A DE MINI-
5 MIS LEVEL.
6 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the
7 United States to seek to ensure that all countries reduce
8 their purchases of crude oil, lease condensates, fuel oils,
9 and other unfinished oils from Iran or of Iranian origin
10 to a de minimis level by the end of the 1-year period begin-
11 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
12 (b) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEPTIONS TO SANC-
13 TIONS.—Section 1245(d)(4)(D) of the National Defense
14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C.
15 8513a(d)(4)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
16 lowing:
17 ‘‘(iii) INELIGIBILITY FOR EXCEP-
18 TION.—
19 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A country
20 that purchased petroleum from Iran
21 or of Iranian origin during the one-
22 year period preceding the date of the
23 enactment of the Nuclear Weapon
24 Free Iran Act of 2013 may continue
25 to receive an exception under clause
26 (i) on or after the date that is one
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1 year after such date of enactment
2 only—
3 ‘‘(aa) if the country reduces
4 its purchases of petroleum from
5 Iran or of Iranian origin to a de
6 minimis level by the end of the
7 one-year period beginning on
8 such date of enactment; or
9 ‘‘(bb) as provided in sub-
10 clause (II) or (III).
11 ‘‘(II) COUNTRIES THAT DRA-
12 MATICALLY REDUCE PURCHASES.—
13 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A
14 country that would otherwise be
15 ineligible pursuant to subclause
16 (I)(aa) to receive an exception
17 under clause (i) may continue to
18 receive such an exception during
19 the one-year period beginning on
20 the date that is one year after
21 the date of the enactment of the
22 Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act
23 of 2013 if the country—
24 ‘‘(AA) dramatically re-
25 duces by at least 30 percent
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1 its purchases of petroleum
2 from Iran or of Iranian ori-
3 gin during the one-year pe-
4 riod beginning on such date
5 of enactment; and
6 ‘‘(BB) is expected to
7 reduce its purchases of pe-
8 troleum from Iran or of Ira-
9 nian origin to a de minimis
10 level within a defined period
11 of time that is not longer
12 than 2 years after such date
13 of enactment.
14 ‘‘(bb) TERMINATION OF EX-
15 CEPTION.—If a country that con-
16 tinues to receive an exception
17 under clause (i) pursuant to item
18 (aa) does not reduce its pur-
19 chases of petroleum from Iran or
20 of Iranian origin to a de minimis
21 level by the date that is 2 years
22 after the date of the enactment
23 of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran
24 Act of 2013, that country shall
25 not be eligible for such an excep-
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1 tion on or after the date that is
2 2 years after such date of enact-
3 ment.
4 ‘‘(III) REINSTATEMENT OF ELI-
5 GIBILITY FOR EXCEPTION.—A country
6 that becomes ineligible for an excep-
7 tion under clause (i) pursuant to sub-
8 clause (I) or (II) shall be eligible for
9 such an exception in accordance with
10 the provisions of clause (i) on and
11 after the date on which the President
12 determines the country has reduced
13 its purchases of petroleum from Iran
14 or of Iranian origin to a de minimis
15 level.’’.
16 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section
17 1245(d)(4)(D)(i) of the National Defense Authorization
18 Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a(d)(4)(D)(i))
19 is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by strik-
20 ing ‘‘Sanctions imposed’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
21 vided in clause (iii), sanctions imposed’’.
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1 SEC. 103. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
2 PORTS, SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES, AND
3 STRATEGIC SECTORS OF IRAN.
4 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 1244(a)(1) of the Iran Free-
5 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.
6 8803(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and shipbuilding’’
7 and inserting ‘‘shipbuilding, construction, engineering,
8 and mining’’.
9 (b) EXPANSION OF DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES OF
10 PROLIFERATION CONCERN.—Section 1244(b) of the Iran
11 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22
12 U.S.C. 8803(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘in Iran and enti-
13 ties in the energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors’’ and
14 inserting ‘‘, special economic zones, or free economic zones
15 in Iran, and entities in strategic sectors’’.
16 (c) EXPANSION OF ENTITIES SUBJECT TO ASSET
17 FREEZE.—Section 1244(c) of the Iran Freedom and
18 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8803(c)) is
19 amended—
20 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date
21 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
22 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days
23 after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear
24 Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and
25 (2) in paragraph (2)—
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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
2 (A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after
3 the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
4 serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date
5 of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free
6 Iran Act of 2013’’;
7 (B) by striking ‘‘the energy, shipping, or
8 shipbuilding sectors’’ each place it appears and
9 inserting ‘‘a strategic sector’’; and
10 (C) by inserting ‘‘, special economic zone,
11 or free economic zone’’ after ‘‘port’’ each place
12 it appears; and
13 (3) by adding at the end the following:
14 ‘‘(4) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—
15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the
16 term ‘strategic sector’ means—
17 ‘‘(i) the energy, shipping, ship-
18 building, and mining sectors of Iran;
19 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara-
20 graph (B), the construction and engineer-
21 ing sectors of Iran; and
22 ‘‘(iii) any other sector the President
23 designates as of strategic importance to
24 Iran.
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1 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
2 ENGINEERING OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND
3 SIMILAR FACILITIES.—For purposes of this sec-
4 tion, a person engaged in the construction or
5 engineering of schools, hospitals, or similar fa-
6 cilities (as determined by the President) shall
7 not be considered part of a strategic sector of
8 Iran.
9 ‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC SEC-
10 TOR DESIGNATION.—The President shall sub-
11 mit to Congress a notification of the designa-
12 tion of a sector as a strategic sector of Iran for
13 purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii) not later than
14 5 days after the date on which the President
15 makes the designation.’’.
16 (d) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
17 STRATEGIC SECTORS.—Section 1244(d) of the Iran Free-
18 dom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.
19 8803(d)) is amended—
20 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the date
21 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
22 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days
23 after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear
24 Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’;
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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the date that
2 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
3 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after
4 the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon
5 Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and
6 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the energy,
7 shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and inserting ‘‘a
8 strategic sector’’.
9 (e) SALE, SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MA-
10 TERIALS TO OR FROM IRAN.—Section 1245 of the Iran
11 Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22
12 U.S.C. 8804) is amended—
13 (1) in subsection (a)(1)—
14 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
15 (A), by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after
16 the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
17 serting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after the date
18 of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free
19 Iran Act of 2013’’; and
20 (B) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking
21 ‘‘the energy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’
22 and inserting ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in
23 section 1244(c)(4))’’; and
24 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the date that
25 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
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1 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 90 days after
2 the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon
3 Free Iran Act of 2013’’.
4 (f) PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO SANCTIONED PER-
5 SONS.—Section 1246(a)(1) of the Iran Freedom and
6 Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8805(a)(1))
7 is amended—
8 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
9 by striking ‘‘the date that is 180 days after the date
10 of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the
11 date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment
12 of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’; and
13 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the en-
14 ergy, shipping, or shipbuilding sectors’’ and insert-
15 ing ‘‘a strategic sector (as defined in section
16 1244(c)(4))’’.
17 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1244 of
18 the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012
19 (22 U.S.C. 8803), as amended by subsections (a), (b), (c),
20 and (d), is further amended—
21 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE
22 ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING’’ and
23 inserting ‘‘CERTAIN PORTS, ECONOMIC ZONES,
24 AND’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (b), in the subsection heading,
2 by striking ‘‘PORTS AND ENTITIES IN THE ENERGY,
3 SHIPPING, AND SHIPBUILDING SECTORS OF IRAN’’
4 and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN ENTITIES’’;
5 (3) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading,
6 by striking ‘‘ENTITIES IN ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND
7 SHIPBUILDING SECTORS’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN
8 ENTITIES’’; and
9 (4) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading,
10 by striking ‘‘THE ENERGY, SHIPPING, AND SHIP-
11 BUILDING’’ and inserting ‘‘STRATEGIC’’.
12 SEC. 104. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF SANC-
13 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRANIAN
14 INDIVIDUALS.
15 (a) EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED.—Sec-
16 tion 221(a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria
17 Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(a)) is amend-
18 ed—
19 (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and
20 inserting a semicolon;
21 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
22 the end and inserting a semicolon; and
23 (3) by adding at the end the following:
24 ‘‘(3) an individual who engages in activities for
25 or on behalf of the Government of Iran that enables
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1 Iran to evade sanctions imposed by the United
2 States with respect to Iran;
3 ‘‘(4) an individual acting on behalf of the Gov-
4 ernment of Iran who is involved in corrupt activities
5 of that Government or the diversion of humanitarian
6 goods, including agricultural commodities, food,
7 medicine, and medical devices, intended for the peo-
8 ple of Iran; or
9 ‘‘(5) a senior official—
10 ‘‘(A) of an entity designated for the impo-
11 sition of sanctions pursuant to the International
12 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
13 1701 et seq.) in connection with—
14 ‘‘(i) Iran’s proliferation of weapons of
15 mass destruction or delivery systems for
16 weapons of mass destruction; or
17 ‘‘(ii) Iran’s support for acts of inter-
18 national terrorism; and
19 ‘‘(B) who was involved in the activity for
20 which the entity was designated for the imposi-
21 tion of sanctions.’’.
22 (b) EXPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS DE -
23 SCRIBED.—Section 221(b) of the Iran Threat Reduction
24 and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727(b))
25 is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
2 serting a semicolon;
3 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at
4 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
5 (3) by adding at the end the following:
6 ‘‘(7) a senior official of—
7 ‘‘(A) the Office of the Supreme Leader of
8 Iran;
9 ‘‘(B) the Atomic Energy Organization of
10 Iran;
11 ‘‘(C) the Islamic Consultative Assembly of
12 Iran;
13 ‘‘(D) the Council of Ministers of Iran;
14 ‘‘(E) the Ministry of Defense and Armed
15 Forces Logistics of Iran;
16 ‘‘(F) the Ministry of Justice of Iran;
17 ‘‘(G) the Ministry of Interior of Iran;
18 ‘‘(H) the prison system of Iran; or
19 ‘‘(I) the judicial system of Iran.’’.
20 (c) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—Section 221 of the
21 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of
22 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727) is amended—
23 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
24 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
2 lowing:
3 ‘‘(d) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—
4 ‘‘(1) OFFICIALS AND OTHER ACTORS.—In the
5 case of an individual described in paragraph (1), (3),
6 (4), or (5) of subsection (a) who is on the list re-
7 quired by that subsection, the President shall block
8 and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-
9 terests in property of that individual if such property
10 or interests in property are in the United States,
11 come within the United States, or are or come with-
12 in the possession or control of a United States per-
13 son.
14 ‘‘(2) FAMILY MEMBERS.—In the case of an in-
15 dividual described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
16 who is on the list required by that subsection, the
17 President shall block and prohibit a transaction in
18 property or an interest in property of that individual
19 if the property or interest in property—
20 ‘‘(A) was transferred to that individual
21 from an individual described in paragraph (1)
22 of subsection (a) who is on the list required by
23 that subsection; and
24 ‘‘(B) is in the United States, comes within
25 the United States, or is or comes within the
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1 possession or control of a United States per-
2 son.’’.
3 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 221 of the
4 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of
5 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8727), as amended by subsections (a),
6 (b), and (c), is further amended—
7 (1) by striking the section heading and insert-
8 ing ‘‘IDENTIFICATION OF, AND IMPOSITION OF
9 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, CERTAIN IRA-
10 NIAN INDIVIDUALS’’;
11 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the date of
12 the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date
13 of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran
14 Act of 2013’’; and
15 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection
16 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’.
17 (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
18 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights
19 Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) is amended by strik-
20 ing the item relating to section 221 and inserting the fol-
21 lowing:
‘‘Sec. 221. Identification of, and imposition of sanctions with respect to, certain
Iranian individuals.’’.
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1 SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
2 TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
3 WITH OR FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONED PER-
4 SONS.
5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Iran Threat Reduc-
6 tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.
7 8721 et seq.) is amended—
8 (1) by inserting after section 221 the following:
9 ‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters’’;
10 (2) by redesignating sections 222, 223, and 224
11 as sections 231, 232, and 233, respectively; and
12 (3) by inserting after section 221 the following:
13 ‘‘SEC. 222. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
14 TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
15 WITH CERTAIN SANCTIONED PERSONS.
16 ‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President—
17 ‘‘(1) shall prohibit the opening, and prohibit or
18 impose strict conditions on the maintaining, in the
19 United States of a correspondent account or a pay-
20 able-through account by a foreign financial institu-
21 tion that knowingly conducts or facilitates a trans-
22 action described in subsection (b)(1); and
23 ‘‘(2) may impose sanctions pursuant to the
24 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
25 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to any other per-
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1 son that knowingly conducts or facilitates such a
2 transaction.
3 ‘‘(b) TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED.—
4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A transaction described in
5 this subsection is a significant transaction conducted
6 or facilitated by a person related to the currency of
7 a country other than the country with primary juris-
8 diction over the person with, for, or on behalf of—
9 ‘‘(A) the Central Bank of Iran or an Ira-
10 nian financial institution designated by the Sec-
11 retary of the Treasury for the imposition of
12 sanctions pursuant to the International Emer-
13 gency Economic Powers Act; or
14 ‘‘(B) a person described in section
15 1244(c)(2) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-
16 Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C.
17 8803(c)(2)) (other than a person described in
18 subparagraph (C)(iii) of that subsection).
19 ‘‘(2) PRIMARY JURISDICTION.—For purposes of
20 paragraph (1), a country in which a person operates
21 shall be deemed to have primary jurisdiction over
22 the person only with respect to the operations of the
23 person in that country.
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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply
2 with respect to a transaction described in subsection
3 (b)(1) conducted or facilitated—
4 ‘‘(1) on or after the date that is 90 days after
5 the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Weapon
6 Free Iran Act of 2013 pursuant to a contract en-
7 tered into on or after such date of enactment; and
8 ‘‘(2) on or after the date that is 180 days after
9 such date of enactment pursuant to a contract en-
10 tered into before such date of enactment.
11 ‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO HUMANITARIAN TRANS-
12 ACTIONS.—The President may not impose sanctions under
13 subsection (a) with respect to any person for conducting
14 or facilitating a transaction for the sale of agricultural
15 commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran or
16 for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people
17 of Iran.
18 ‘‘(e) WAIVER.—
19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive
20 the application of subsection (a) with respect to a
21 person for a period of not more than 180 days, and
22 may renew that waiver for additional periods of not
23 more than 180 days, if the President—
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1 ‘‘(A) determines that the waiver is impor-
2 tant to the national interest of the United
3 States; and
4 ‘‘(B) not less than 15 days after the waiver
5 or the renewal of the waiver, as the case may
6 be, takes effect, submits a report to the appro-
7 priate congressional committees on the waiver
8 and the reason for the waiver.
9 ‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub-
10 mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in
11 unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
12 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
13 ‘‘(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; IRANIAN FINAN-
14 CIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘financial institution’
15 and ‘Iranian financial institution’ have the meanings
16 given those terms in section 104A(d) of the Com-
17 prehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
18 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513b(d)).
19 ‘‘(2) TRANSACTION.—The term ‘transaction’ in-
20 cludes a foreign exchange swap, a foreign exchange
21 forward, and any other type of currency exchange or
22 conversion or derivative instrument.’’.
23 (b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the
24 Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (22
25 U.S.C. 8701) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
2 (4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (9), respectively;
3 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
4 following:
5 ‘‘(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT;
6 PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘ac-
7 count’, ‘correspondent account’, and ‘payable-
8 through account’ have the meanings given those
9 terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States
10 Code.
11 ‘‘(2) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term
12 ‘agricultural commodity’ has the meaning given that
13 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of
14 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
15 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
16 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
17 mittees’ has the meaning given that term in section
18 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law
19 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
20 ‘‘(4) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; FOR-
21 EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The terms ‘domes-
22 tic financial institution’ and ‘foreign financial insti-
23 tution’ have the meanings determined by the Sec-
24 retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(i) of
25 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,
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1 and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8513(i)).’’;
2 and
3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesig-
4 nated by paragraph (1), the following:
5 ‘‘(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘medical de-
6 vice’ has the meaning given the term ‘device’ in sec-
7 tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
8 Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
9 ‘‘(8) MEDICINE.—The term ‘medicine’ has the
10 meaning given the term ‘drug’ in section 201 of the
11 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
12 321).’’.
13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
14 for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights
15 Act of 2012 is amended by striking the items relating to
16 sections 222, 223, and 224 and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 222. Imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions in foreign cur-
rencies with certain sanctioned persons.
‘‘Subtitle C—Other Matters
‘‘Sec. 231. Sense of Congress and rule of construction relating to certain au-
thorities of State and local governments.
‘‘Sec. 232. Government Accountability Office report on foreign entities that in-
vest in the energy sector of Iran or export refined petroleum
products to Iran.
‘‘Sec. 233. Reporting on the importation to and exportation from Iran of crude
oil and refined petroleum products.’’.
17 SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROSPECTIVE SANC-
18 TIONS.
19 It is the sense of Congress that, if additional sanc-
20 tions are imposed pursuant to this Act and the Govern-
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1 ment of Iran continues to pursue an illicit nuclear weapons
2 program, Congress should pursue additional stringent
3 sanctions on Iran, such as sanctions on entities providing
4 the Government of Iran access to assets of the Govern-
5 ment of Iran held outside Iran, sanctions on Iran’s energy
6 sector, including its natural gas sector, and sanctions on
7 entities providing certain underwriting, insurance, or rein-
8 surance to the Government of Iran.
9 TITLE II—ENFORCEMENT OF
10 SANCTIONS
11 SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PROVISION OF SPE-
12 CIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES
13 TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND OTHER
14 SANCTIONED IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITU-
15 TIONS.
16 It is the sense of Congress that—
17 (1) the President has been engaged in intensive
18 diplomatic efforts to ensure that sanctions against
19 Iran are imposed and maintained multilaterally to
20 sharply restrict the access of the Government of
21 Iran to the global financial system;
22 (2) the European Union is to be commended for
23 strengthening the multilateral sanctions regime
24 against Iran by prohibiting all persons subject to the
25 jurisdiction of the European Union from providing
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1 specialized financial messaging services to the Cen-
2 tral Bank of Iran and other sanctioned Iranian fi-
3 nancial institutions;
4 (3) in order to continue to sharply restrict ac-
5 cess by Iran to the global financial system, the
6 President and the European Union must continue to
7 expeditiously address any judicial, administrative, or
8 other decisions in their respective jurisdictions that
9 might weaken the current multilateral sanctions re-
10 gime, including decisions regarding the designation
11 of financial institutions and global specialized finan-
12 cial messaging service providers for sanctions; and
13 (4) existing restrictions on the access of Iran to
14 global specialized financial messaging services should
15 be maintained.
16 SEC. 202. INCLUSION OF TRANSFERS OF GOODS, SERVICES,
17 AND TECHNOLOGIES TO STRATEGIC SEC-
18 TORS OF IRAN FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTI-
19 FYING DESTINATIONS OF DIVERSION CON-
20 CERN.
21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the Comprehen-
22 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act
23 of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(b)) is amended—
24 (1) in paragraph (1)—
25 (A) in subparagraph (B)—
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1 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’
2 and inserting a semicolon;
3 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; and’’
4 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol-
6 lowing:
7 ‘‘(iv) strategic sectors; and’’; and
8 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘;
9 or’’ and inserting a semicolon;
10 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
11 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
12 (3) by adding at the end the following:
13 ‘‘(3) that will be sold, transferred, or otherwise
14 made available to a strategic sector of Iran.’’.
15 (b) STRATEGIC SECTOR DEFINED.—Section 301 of
16 the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
17 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541) is amended—
18 (1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
19 graph (15); and
20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
21 lowing:
22 ‘‘(14) STRATEGIC SECTOR.—The term ‘strategic
23 sector’ has the meaning given that term in section
24 1244(c)(4) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Pro-
25 liferation Act of 2012.’’.
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1 (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Section 302(a) of the
2 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
3 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8542(a)) is amended by
4 striking ‘‘180 days after the date of the enactment of this
5 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days after the date of the enact-
6 ment of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013’’.
7 SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES
8 WITH RESPECT TO DESTINATIONS OF DIVER-
9 SION CONCERN.
10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(c) of the Comprehen-
11 sive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act
12 of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543(c)) is amended—
13 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting
14 the following:
15 ‘‘(1) LICENSING REQUIREMENT.—Not later
16 than’’; and
17 (2) by adding at the end the following:
18 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MEASURES.—The President
19 may—
20 ‘‘(A) impose restrictions on United States
21 foreign assistance or measures authorized under
22 the International Emergency Economic Powers
23 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to a
24 country designated as a Destination of Diver-
25 sion Concern under subsection (a) if the Presi-
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1 dent determines that those restrictions or meas-
2 ures would prevent the diversion of goods, serv-
3 ices, and technologies described in section
4 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian inter-
5 mediaries; or
6 ‘‘(B) prohibit the issuance of a license
7 under section 38 of the Arms Export Control
8 Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) for the export to such a
9 country of a defense article or defense service
10 for which a notification to Congress would be
11 required under section 36(b) of that Act (22
12 U.S.C. 2776(b)).
13 ‘‘(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90
14 days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear
15 Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013, and every 90 days
16 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro-
17 priate congressional committees a report—
18 ‘‘(A) identifying countries that have al-
19 lowed the diversion through the country of
20 goods, services, or technologies described in sec-
21 tion 302(b) to Iranian end-users or Iranian
22 intermediaries during the 180-day period pre-
23 ceding the submission of the report;
24 ‘‘(B) identifying the persons that engaged
25 in such diversion during that period; and
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1 ‘‘(C) describing the activities relating to di-
2 version in which those countries and persons
3 engaged.’’.
4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 303 of the
5 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
6 vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8543) is amended—
7 (1) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading,
8 by striking ‘‘LICENSING REQUIREMENT’’ and insert-
9 ing ‘‘LICENSING AND OTHER MEASURES’’; and
10 (2) in subsection (d)—
11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
12 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’;
13 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-
14 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’;
15 and
16 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘is it’’
17 and inserting ‘‘it is’’.
18 SEC. 204. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED STAFFING
19 FOR AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMEN-
20 TATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS
21 AGAINST IRAN.
22 It is the sense of Congress that—
23 (1) when the President submits the President’s
24 budget for fiscal year 2015 to Congress under sec-
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1 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the
2 President should, in that budget, prioritize—
3 (A) resources for the Office of Foreign As-
4 sets Control for the Department of Treasury
5 dedicated to the implementation and enforce-
6 ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and
7 (B) resources for the Department of State
8 dedicated to the implementation and enforce-
9 ment of sanctions with respect to Iran; and
10 (2) the appropriate committees of the Senate
11 and the House of Representatives should prioritize
12 the resources described in subparagraphs (A) and
13 (B) of paragraph (1) during consideration of author-
14 ization and appropriations legislation in future fiscal
15 years.
16 TITLE III—IMPLEMENTATION OF
17 SANCTIONS
18 SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS TO FACILITATE A
19 DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION.
20 (a) SUSPENSION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—
21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may suspend
22 the application of sanctions imposed under this Act
23 or amendments made by this Act for a 180-day pe-
24 riod beginning on the earlier of the date of the en-
25 actment of this Act or the date on which the Presi-
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1 dent submits a notification described in paragraph
2 (5) to the appropriate congressional committees, if
3 the President makes the certification described in
4 paragraph (2) to the appropriate congressional com-
5 mittees every 30 days during that period.
6 (2) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certifi-
7 cation described in this paragraph is a certification
8 that—
9 (A) Iran is complying with the provisions
10 of the Joint Plan of Action and any agreement
11 to implement the Joint Plan of Action;
12 (B) Iran has agreed to specific and
13 verifiable measures to implement the Joint Plan
14 of Action;
15 (C) Iran is transparently, verifiably, and
16 fully implementing the Joint Plan of Action and
17 any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of
18 Action;
19 (D) Iran has not breached the terms of or
20 any commitment made pursuant to the Joint
21 Plan of Action or any agreement to implement
22 the Joint Plan of Action;
23 (E) Iran is proactively and in good faith
24 engaged in negotiations toward a final agree-
25 ment or arrangement to terminate its illicit nu-
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1 clear activities, related weaponization activities,
2 and any other nuclear activity not required for
3 a civilian nuclear program;
4 (F) the United States is working toward a
5 final agreement or arrangement that will dis-
6 mantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infrastructure to
7 prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapons
8 capability and permit daily verification, moni-
9 toring, and inspections of suspect facilities in
10 Iran so that an effort by Iran to produce a nu-
11 clear weapon would be quickly detected;
12 (G) any suspension of or relief from sanc-
13 tions provided to Iran pursuant to the Joint
14 Plan of Action is temporary, reversible, and
15 proportionate to the specific and verifiable
16 measures taken by Iran with respect to termi-
17 nating its illicit nuclear program and related
18 weaponization activities;
19 (H) Iran has not directly, or through a
20 proxy, supported, financed, planned, or other-
21 wise carried out an act of terrorism against the
22 United States or United States persons or
23 property anywhere in the world;
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1 (I) Iran has not conducted any tests for
2 ballistic missiles with a range exceeding 500 kil-
3 ometers; and
4 (J) the suspension of sanctions is vital to
5 the national security interests of the United
6 States.
7 (3) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—Following the
8 180-day period described in paragraph (1), the
9 President may renew a suspension of sanctions
10 under that paragraph for 2 additional periods of not
11 more than 30 days if, for each such renewal, the
12 President submits to the appropriate congressional
13 committees—
14 (A) a certification described in paragraph
15 (2) that covers the 30 days preceding the cer-
16 tification; and
17 (B) a certification that a final agreement
18 or arrangement with Iran to fully and verifiably
19 terminate its illicit nuclear program and related
20 weaponization activities is imminent and that
21 Iran will, pursuant to that agreement or ar-
22 rangement, dismantle its illicit nuclear infra-
23 structure to preclude a nuclear breakout capa-
24 bility and other capabilities critical to the pro-
25 duction of nuclear weapons.
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1 (4) TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF EXISTING
2 SANCTIONS.—
3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any sanctions deferred,
4 waived, or otherwise suspended by the Presi-
5 dent pursuant to the Joint Plan of Action or
6 any agreement to implement the Joint Plan of
7 Action, including sanctions suspended under
8 this section and sanctions relating to precious
9 metals, petrochemicals, Iran’s automotive sec-
10 tor, and sanctions pursuant to section 1245 of
11 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
12 cal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), shall be rein-
13 stated immediately if—
14 (i)(I) during the 180-day period de-
15 scribed in paragraph (1), the President
16 does not submit a certification every 30
17 days pursuant that paragraph; or
18 (II) the President does not renew the
19 suspension of sanctions pursuant to para-
20 graph (3);
21 (ii) Iran breaches its commitments
22 under either the Joint Plan of Action or a
23 final agreement or arrangement described
24 in subsection (b)(1); or
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1 (iii) no final arrangement or agree-
2 ment is reached with Iran by the earlier of
3 the date that is 240 days after—
4 (I) the date of the enactment of
5 this Act; or
6 (II) the date on which the Presi-
7 dent submits a notification described
8 in paragraph (5) to the appropriate
9 congressional committees.
10 (B) WAIVER.—
11 (i) IN GENERAL.—The President may
12 waive the reinstatement of any sanction
13 under subparagraph (A)(iii) for periods of
14 not more than 30 days during the period
15 specified in clause (ii) if, for each such
16 waiver, the President submits to the appro-
17 priate congressional committees—
18 (I) a notification of the waiver;
19 (II) a certification described in
20 paragraph (2) that covers the 30 days
21 preceding the certification;
22 (III) a certification that the waiv-
23 er is vital to the national security in-
24 terests of the United States with re-
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1 spect to the dismantlement of Iran’s
2 illicit nuclear weapons program; and
3 (IV) a detailed report on the sta-
4 tus of the negotiations with the Gov-
5 ernment of Iran on a final agreement
6 or arrangement to terminate its illicit
7 nuclear program and related
8 weaponization activities, including an
9 assessment of prospects for and the
10 expected timeline to reach such an
11 agreement or arrangement.
12 (ii) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period
13 specified in this clause is the period that
14 begins on the date of the enactment of this
15 Act and ends on the earlier of the date
16 that is one year after—
17 (I) such date of enactment; or
18 (II) the date on which the Presi-
19 dent submits a notification described
20 in paragraph (5) to the appropriate
21 congressional committees.
22 (5) NOTIFICATION RELATING TO AGREEMENT
23 TO IMPLEMENT JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—Not later
24 than 3 days after Iran has agreed to specific and
25 verifiable measures to implement the Joint Plan of
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1 Action, the President shall notify the appropriate
2 congressional committees of that agreement.
3 (b) SUSPENSION FOR A FINAL AGREEMENT OR AR -
4 RANGEMENT.—
5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Unless a joint resolution of
6 disapproval is enacted pursuant to subsection (c),
7 the President may suspend the application of sanc-
8 tions imposed under this Act or amendments made
9 by this Act for a one-year period if the President
10 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees
11 that the United States and its allies have reached a
12 final and verifiable agreement or arrangement with
13 Iran that will—
14 (A) dismantle Iran’s illicit nuclear infra-
15 structure, including enrichment and reprocess-
16 ing capabilities and facilities, the heavy water
17 reactor and production plant at Arak, and any
18 nuclear weapon components and technology, so
19 that Iran is precluded from a nuclear breakout
20 capability and prevented from pursuing both
21 uranium and plutonium pathways to a nuclear
22 weapon;
23 (B) bring Iran into compliance with all
24 United Nations Security Council resolutions re-
25 lated to Iran’s nuclear program, including Reso-
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1 lutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747
2 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 1929
3 (2010), with a view toward bringing to a satis-
4 factory conclusion the Security Council’s consid-
5 eration of matters relating to Iran’s nuclear
6 program;
7 (C) resolve all issues of past and present
8 concern with the International Atomic Energy
9 Agency, including possible military dimensions
10 of Iran’s nuclear program;
11 (D) permit continuous, around the clock,
12 on-site inspection, verification, and monitoring
13 of all suspect facilities in Iran, including instal-
14 lation and use of any compliance verification
15 equipment requested by the International Atom-
16 ic Energy Agency, so that any effort by Iran to
17 produce a nuclear weapon would be quickly de-
18 tected; and
19 (E) require Iran’s full implementation of
20 and compliance with the Agreement between
21 Iran and the International Atomic Energy
22 Agency for the Application of Safeguards in
23 Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
24 liferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna
25 June 19, 1973, including modified Code 3.1 of
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1 the Subsidiary Arrangements to that Agree-
2 ment and ratification and implementation of
3 the Protocol Additional to that Agreement,
4 done at Vienna December 18, 2003; and
5 (F) requires Iran’s implementation of
6 measures in addition to the Protocol Additional
7 that include verification by the International
8 Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge
9 manufacturing facilities, including raw mate-
10 rials and components, and Iran’s uranium
11 mines and mills.
12 (2) RENEWAL OF SUSPENSION.—The President
13 may renew the suspension of sanctions pursuant to
14 paragraph (1) for additional one-year periods if, for
15 each such renewal, the President—
16 (A) certifies to the appropriate congres-
17 sional committees that Iran is complying with
18 the terms of the final arrangement or agree-
19 ment, including by—
20 (i) dismantling Iran’s illicit nuclear
21 infrastructure, including enrichment and
22 reprocessing capabilities and facilities, and
23 the heavy water reactor and production
24 plant at Arak, so that Iran is prevented
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1 from pursuing both uranium and pluto-
2 nium pathways to a nuclear weapon;
3 (ii) permitting continuous, around the
4 clock, on-site inspection, verification, and
5 monitoring of all suspect facilities in Iran,
6 including installation and use of any com-
7 pliance verification equipment requested by
8 the International Atomic Energy Agency,
9 so that any effort by Iran to produce a nu-
10 clear weapon would be quickly detected;
11 (iii) resolving all issues of past and
12 present concern with the International
13 Atomic Energy Agency, including possible
14 military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear pro-
15 gram;
16 (iv) remaining in full compliance with
17 all United Nations Security Council resolu-
18 tions related to Iran’s nuclear program, in-
19 cluding Resolutions 1696 (2006), 1737
20 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835
21 (2008), and 1929 (2010);
22 (v) fully implementing and complying
23 with the Agreement between Iran and the
24 International Atomic Energy Agency for
25 the Application of Safeguards in Connec-
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1 tion with the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera-
2 tion of Nuclear Weapons, done at Vienna
3 June 19, 1973, including modified Code
4 3.1 of the Subsidiary Arrangements to that
5 Agreement and ratification and implemen-
6 tation of the Protocol Additional to that
7 Agreement, done at Vienna December 18,
8 2003; and
9 (vi) implementing measures, in addi-
10 tion to the Protocol Additional, that in-
11 clude verification by the International
12 Atomic Energy Agency of Iran’s centrifuge
13 manufacturing facilities, including raw ma-
14 terials and components, and Iran’s ura-
15 nium mines and mills; and
16 (B) submits to the appropriate congres-
17 sional committees with the certification under
18 subparagraph (A) a detailed report describing
19 the actions taken by Iran to comply with the
20 terms of the final arrangement or agreement.
21 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—
22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term
23 ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint
24 resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the sole
25 matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol-
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1 lows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves of the suspension
2 of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran under sec-
3 tion 301(b)(1) of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act
4 of 2013 pursuant to the certification of the Presi-
5 dent submitted to Congress under that section on
6 llllll’’, with the blank space being filled
7 with the appropriate date.
8 (2) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERING RESOLU-
9 TIONS.—
10 (A) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution of
11 disapproval—
12 (i) may be introduced in the House of
13 Representatives or the Senate during the
14 15-day period beginning on the date on
15 which the President submits a certification
16 under subsection (b)(1) to the appropriate
17 congressional committees;
18 (ii) in the House of Representatives,
19 may be introduced by the Speaker or the
20 minority leader or a Member of the House
21 designated by the Speaker or minority
22 leader;
23 (iii) in the Senate, may be introduced
24 by the majority leader or minority leader
25 of the Senate or a Member of the Senate
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1 designated by the majority leader or mi-
2 nority leader; and
3 (iv) may not be amended.
4 (B) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—A joint
5 resolution of disapproval introduced in the Sen-
6 ate shall be referred to the Committee on Bank-
7 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs and a joint
8 resolution of disapproval in the House of Rep-
9 resentatives shall be referred to the Committee
10 on Foreign Affairs.
11 (C) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE AND FLOOR
12 CONSIDERATION.—The provisions of sub-
13 sections (c) through (f) of section 152 of the
14 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating
15 to committee discharge and floor consideration
16 of certain resolutions in the House of Rep-
17 resentatives and the Senate) apply to a joint
18 resolution of disapproval under this subsection
19 to the same extent that such subsections apply
20 to joint resolutions under such section 152, ex-
21 cept that—
22 (i) subsection (c)(1) shall be applied
23 and administered by substituting ‘‘10
24 days’’ for ‘‘30 days’’; and
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1 (ii) subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) shall be ap-
2 plied and administered by substituting
3 ‘‘Committee on Banking, Housing, and
4 Urban Affairs’’ for ‘‘Committee on Fi-
5 nance’’.
6 (3) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
7 TIVES AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by
8 Congress—
9 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
10 of the Senate and the House of Representa-
11 tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part
12 of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap-
13 plicable only with respect to the procedure to be
14 followed in that House in the case of a joint
15 resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to
16 the extent that it is inconsistent with such
17 rules; and
18 (B) with full recognition of the constitu-
19 tional right of either House to change the rules
20 (so far as relating to the procedure of that
21 House) at any time, in the same manner and
22 to the same extent as in the case of any other
23 rule of that House.
24 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
3 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section
4 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law
5 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
6 (2) JOINT PLAN OF ACTION.—The term ‘‘Joint
7 Plan of Action’’ means the Joint Plan of Action,
8 signed at Geneva November 24, 2013, by Iran and
9 by France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the
10 People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom,
11 and the United States.
12 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term
13 ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given that
14 term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Iran
15 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
16 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511).
17 TITLE IV—GENERAL
18 PROVISIONS
19 SEC. 401. EXCEPTION FOR AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUC-
20 TION.
21 The President may provide for an exception from the
22 imposition of sanctions under the provisions of or amend-
23 ments made by this Act for reconstruction assistance or
24 economic development for Afghanistan—
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1 (1) to the extent that the President determines
2 that such an exception is in the national interest of
3 the United States; and
4 (2) if, not later than 15 days before issuing the
5 exception, the President submits a notification of
6 and justification for the exception to the appropriate
7 congressional committees (as defined in section 14 of
8 the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
9 172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note)).
10 SEC. 402. EXCEPTION FOR IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.
11 No provision of or amendment made by this Act au-
12 thorizes or requires the President to impose sanctions re-
13 lating to the importation of goods.
14 SEC. 403. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AC-
15 TIVITIES.
16 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this
17 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of
18 the United States.
19 SEC. 404. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN NATURAL GAS
20 PROJECTS.
21 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this
22 Act shall be construed to apply with respect to any activity
23 relating to a project described in subsection (a) of section
24 603 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human
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1 Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8783) to which the excep-
2 tion under that section applies at the time of the activity.
3 SEC. 405. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO THE
4 USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAN.
5 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this
6 Act shall be construed as a declaration of war or an au-
7 thorization of the use of force against Iran.
8 TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
9 SEC. 501. CATEGORIES OF ALIENS FOR PURPOSES OF REF-
10 UGEE DETERMINATIONS.
11 The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-
12 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law
13 101–167) is amended—
14 (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
15 (A) in subsection (b), by striking para-
16 graph (3); and
17 (B) in subsection (e)—
18 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking
19 ‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’;
20 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking
21 ‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and
22 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking
23 ‘‘2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014.’’; and
24 (2) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 note),
25 by striking ‘‘2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘2014,’’.